On the more level-headed side of the scenario ‘God Bless Kyle’ also trended:
RITTENHOUSE NOT GUILTY TRIAL
Andrew Goss ?USAF? November 19, 2021Īny fair-minded person who watched the trial and the video evidence could clearly see that Rittenhouse was the one who was ‘hunted down.’ As the jury determined, the teen used his weapon in self-defense when he shot and killed two attackers and injured a third - all of them career criminals. That Court just gave a go to every fucking rt wing cultist to carry AR15s & hunt people down. #WhitePrivilege #KyleRittennhouseįuck white supremacists and those that support them. Yet, if you're a POC and don't even possess a weapon you can be murdered and they'll get away with that as well. So as long as you're white you can shoot anybody and get away with it. #BoycottGeorgia/Reparations NOW✊? November 19, 2021 The thrill of #WhitePrivilege.?? #KKKyleRittenhouse /XcN7S7ByGf Like clockwork, trending tags like ‘White privilege and ‘no justice no peace’ took off on Twitter: The trial has captured the attention of a highly-polarized nation and needless to say, the political fallout was sure to follow. ‘Trial should be over’: In stunning turn of events, attacker admits Rittenhouse didn’t shoot until he pointed gun at him –
“It wasn’t until you pointed your gun at him, advanced on him, with your gun pointed down at him, that he fired, right?” Chirafisi queried. During the questioning, Grosskreutz admitted that Rittenhouse didn’t fire until he raised his own gun. During cross-examination, Rittenhouse’s lawyer, Corey Chirafisi, questioned Grosskreutz about the sequence of events that led up to the shooting that injured his arm. “Something like that should not have occurred, I’m frankly, quite surprised it did,” Judge Schroeder said of the incident.Īt one point during the trial, Grosskreutz took the stand to testify about his recollection from the night. While deputies allegedly made the person filming delete the video but it is not clear whether the person involved was arrested.
In early November, Judge Schroeder announced that the jury had been filmed while loading onto a bus in the morning. The Columbia Bugle ?? November 19, 2021 The Moment Kyle Rittenhouse Realized He Was a Fullly Acquitted /YBUgtdeyqA Anthony Huber and Joseph Rosenbaum were killed the night of the shooting and a third man, Gaige Grosskreutz, was shot in the bicep but survived.īefore the jury was sent to deliberation, Judge Bruce Schroeder dismissed a curfew citation charge against Rittenhouse as he agreed that the prosecution had not provided sufficient evidence to prove a curfew had actually been in place. This is a developing story check back for updates.Rittenhouse faced five felony charges stemming from the shooting, including first-degree reckless homicide, two charges of first-degree recklessly endangering safety, first-degree intentional homicide, and attempted first-degree intentional homicide. Rittenhouse’s attorneys argued that the then-17-year-old was acting in self-defense after being attacked from behind when he shot Gaige Grosskreutz, 27, as well as deceased Joseph Rosenbaum, 36, and Anthony Huber, 26 in the riots following the police shooting of a 29-year-old Black man, Jacob Blake. The judge, himself, tossed one charge of possession of a dangerous weapon by a person under 18 on Monday after Rittenhouse’s defense team argued that a subsection of the law concerning short-barreled rifles was grounds for dismissal. Jurors deliberated for a total of 26 hours and found Rittenhouse not guilty on five counts including first-degree reckless homicide, two counts of first-degree intentional counts related to his weapon. The jury system works, and we have to abide by it." - President on the Kyle Rittenhouse verdict /kfo8a2AnXI- Mediaite November 19, 2021 You’re welcome to do so as little or as much as you want.” He added: “You’re never under any obligation to discuss any aspect of this case with anyone. “I think, without commenting on your verdict, the verdicts themselves, just in terms of your attentiveness and the cooperation that you gave to us, justifies the confidence that the founders of our country placed in you so I dismiss you at this time.” “I couldn’t have asked for a better jury to work with and it has truly been my pleasure,” Judge Bruce Schroeder said after delivering the verdict. Rittenhouse would have faced a mandatory life sentence if found guilty and convicted of first-degree intentional homicide. The news caps off an intense trial based on the civil unrest in Kenosha, Wisconsin, which has proceeded alongside the McMichael/Bryan trial in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery. The jurors’ verdict is in: Kyle Rittenhouse is not guilty on all counts.Īfter four days, the seven women and five men have decided that the 18-year-old should be set free.